The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

CnufcH iasI SuHuay.
Merchants and dealers decorating
their windows for the holiday trade,
The residence of DR.. Loughead looks
much better with its new coat of paint
Mrs. Marcus Bosworth, of Topeka
Kansas, is the guest of Mrs, w. Il.
Beebe.
Rev. Andrew Wilson preached at
Windsor, Ashtabula county, last Sun
day.
The office room of the Prosecuting
Attorney has been partitioned and
otherwise improved.
E. w. Maxson is resident of Ra,
VIENNA, having purchased the property
of It. q. Phillips. Esq, on Pratt st.
Owing to the rain and cold weather
work on the new tile works building
was suspended for some time.
The little nuisance (and big one,
toe) the sparrow, stays right here in
blissful uncohcern of the cold weather.
Ravenna has some 25 or 80 manu-
featuring establishments, in addition
to gas and water works.
There are two new chime whistles
in town which regularly announce the
laboring mans morning, noon and
night.
A. s. Cole, Esq. and wife left fos
Perry, N. Y. on Thursday last, to at
tend the funeral of his wife's grand
mother.
Blinkey Morgan and John Coughlin
can devote the ides of March to refiec-
tions on what the near future will
bring to them.
Mrs. J. e. Minard, residing on South
Walnut street, has been very sick
during the past two or three weeks,
but ismuch better.
G. A. Macbeth & Co., of Pittsburgh
have purchased the trade mark and
good will of J. l.. Henry & Co. on the
Bremen lamp chimney.
The annual meeting of the State
Grange will be held at Can ton on the
18th inst, Smith Sanford, of Edin.
burgh, will represent this county.
The regular meeting of the Cemetery
Association meets this (rhursday) af.
ternoon, at half past 2 o'clock, at the
residence of Mrs. ID. NJ. Clewell!
John Porter, Esq, has secured the
rooms in Blackstone block, over Judge
Conant's, where, after Feb. lst, he
may be found ready for legal business
A. M. Nichols, Esq. of Freedom, re
turned last Thursdsy from a six weeks
trip to the Indian Territory. He was
very much pleased with the country
A letter from Mrs. VIM. Wilcox
wife of the former Sheriff of this
county, to one of our citizens, states
that the family are located at Grand
| IL.
A photographer in Kent advertises
for good, live boy, who doesn't use
tobacco or whisky in any way. Sucf
lad would be a decided novelty il
some localities.
Mrs. Perkins, of Cleveland, will
speak in the interest of the Whit
Cross Brigade, at 3 O'Clock p. M, mex
Sabbath, at the Disciple Church il
this place.
A good. soaking rain Saturday ant
Sunday filled up the cisterns and di,
what the Street Commissioner faile'
to ao-cleared the snow and slusl
from the walks.
Wilson's All Star Minstrels playe
at the Opera House Monday night t
fair sized audience, which seemed t
enjoy the performance hugely. Th
music and the trained dogs were goOc
The funeral of Miss Sadie Robert
was held at the Disciple Church, at
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Elder "
H. Scott, of Ionia, Mich, recentl
pastor of the Church here, officiateC
A delighted audience, mostly juv'
niles, witnessed the dog show at tn
Opera House last Thursday evening
: Little Fritz is canine prodigy. an
, his feats of addition and subtractio
, are wonderful.
The porter at the Etna House say
he is out nice little sum by the col
viction of Coughlin, as a number
!, the alibi witnesses from Elyria assure
him that in case of all acquittal the
would each present him with $l so.
): Hon. NJ. Stuart left for New Yol
City Sunday last to look after impor
ant railroad business. From there L
expects to go to Washington, to arg
: a case before the Supreme Court of Il
a United States.
II Union Temperance services will
n held at the Congregational Chur'
h next Sabbath evening. Mrs, Perkir
J. of Cleveland, successful and expel
,f enced advocate and worker in the i
g terest of heroic method-prohibiti'
II will address the meeting.
Thornton Douthitt. Esq. of Atw
ter, was in town on Saturday. He h
the misfortune to fall from sled
few days ago, breaking his left al
y near the wrist, We are pleased to nc
y that it is getting along well on. t
road to recovery.